Lindenbergia
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Lindenbergia is a genus of herbaceous plants in family Orobanchaceae. It contains 12[1] species found in Africa and Asia, and is most abundant in India.[1]
It is named in honor of Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg, a lawyer and bryologist from Germany.
A partial list of species are:
- Lindenbergia grandiflora[1]
- Lindenbergia griffithii[1]
- Lindenbergia macrostachya[1]
- Lindenbergia muraria[1]
- Lindenbergia philippensis[1]
- Lindenbergia sokotrana, Vierh.
- Lindenbergia urticaefolia, Lehm.